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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 509
55 To decrease dependency on People’s Republic of China manufacturing and
66 decrease migration due to lost regional economic opportunities.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 JANUARY16, 2025
99 Mr. G
1010 REENof Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to
1111 the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee
1212 on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
1313 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
1414 the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
1515 A BILL
1616 To decrease dependency on People’s Republic of China manu-
1717 facturing and decrease migration due to lost regional
1818 economic opportunities.
1919 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2020 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2121 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2222 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Western Hemisphere 4
2323 Nearshoring Act’’. 5
2424 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
2525 Congress finds the following: 7
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2929 (1) Our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere 1
3030 play a vital role in ensuring peace, security, and de-2
3131 mocracy. 3
3232 (2) Instability and lack of economic opportuni-4
3333 ties in the region are major drivers of migration in 5
3434 violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 6
3535 (3) According to the United States Census Bu-7
3636 reau, in 2021 the United States exported $174.62 8
3737 billion worth of goods to Central and South America, 9
3838 and imported $121 billion. 10
3939 (4) The United States is a net exporter with 11
4040 Central and South America. 12
4141 (5) Economic growth and development of the 13
4242 Western Hemisphere brings essential strength and 14
4343 stability to the region. 15
4444 (6) There is significant opportunity to expand 16
4545 the free flow of goods and services in the Western 17
4646 Hemisphere. 18
4747 (7) Closer relations among the Americas 19
4848 through free trade agreements and trade liberaliza-20
4949 tion would encourage further economic development 21
5050 and stability in the region. 22
5151 (8) The United States should exercise its influ-23
5252 ence to encourage privatization, free markets, and 24
5353 economic cooperation in the region. 25
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5757 (9) Countries in the region should combat cor-1
5858 ruption, strengthen the rule of law, reduce bureau-2
5959 cratic red tape, streamline permitting, and embrace 3
6060 free market principles to encourage further private 4
6161 sector investment. 5
6262 (10) With cooperation from the United States, 6
6363 regional countries must take serious steps to curb 7
6464 migration in violation of the Immigration and Na-8
6565 tionality Act. 9
6666 (11) The Western Hemisphere has supply 10
6767 chains that are vulnerable due to their over depend-11
6868 ence on the People’s Republic of China. 12
6969 (12) Free trade and expanded commercial ties 13
7070 between the United States and Western Hemisphere 14
7171 partners will foster economic and commercial co-15
7272 operation, increase investment opportunities, de-16
7373 crease migration in violation of the Immigration and 17
7474 Nationality Act, reduce our dependence on the Peo-18
7575 ple’s Republic of China, and create jobs for Amer-19
7676 ican workers. 20
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8080 SEC. 3. USE OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-1
8181 MENT FINANCE CORPORATION FUNDS TO FI-2
8282 NANCE MOVING EXPENSES AND NECESSARY 3
8383 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COSTS IN-4
8484 CURRED BY COMPANIES MOVING FROM THE 5
8585 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO LATIN 6
8686 AMERICA OR THE CARIBBEAN. 7
8787 (a) U
8888 SE OFFUNDS.— 8
8989 (1) I
9090 N GENERAL.—The United States Inter-9
9191 national Development Finance Corporation, in co-10
9292 ordination with relevant Federal agencies (including 11
9393 the United States Trade and Development Agency, 12
9494 the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the 13
9595 United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the 14
9696 United States Agency for International Develop-15
9797 ment) and the United States Executive Directors of 16
9898 relevant international financial institutions (includ-17
9999 ing the World Bank Group, the Inter-American De-18
100100 velopment Bank, and the International Monetary 19
101101 Fund), shall use not less than 10 percent of the 20
102102 amounts made available to provide financing under 21
103103 section 1421 of the Better Utilization of Investments 22
104104 Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 23
105105 9621) for each fiscal year beginning after the date 24
106106 of the enactment of this Act to finance the qualified 25
107107 moving costs and necessary workforce development 26
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111111 costs of, and reduce the interest rate on any loan to 1
112112 be provided by the DFC to the interest rate de-2
113113 scribed in paragraph (3) to, any qualified corpora-3
114114 tion that is eligible for, or a recipient of, assistance 4
115115 from the DFC, to the extent of qualifying applica-5
116116 tions for assistance under this section. 6
117117 (2) A
118118 VAILABILITY OF UNUSED AMOUNTS .—If 7
119119 the DFC does not use the entire amount described 8
120120 in paragraph (1) for a fiscal year described in such 9
121121 paragraph, such amount shall, to the maximum ex-10
122122 tent practicable, be made available to the DFC for 11
123123 the next fiscal year to carry out this section or other 12
124124 DFC programs for Latin American or Caribbean 13
125125 countries. 14
126126 (3) I
127127 NTEREST RATE DESCRIBED .—The interest 15
128128 rate described in this paragraph is— 16
129129 (A) the Federal funds rate; or 17
130130 (B) the interest rate that is determined by 18
131131 reducing by not less than
132132 1
133133 ⁄2of 1 percent and 19
134134 not more than 1 percent (but to not less than 20
135135 zero percent) the interest rate on the loan to be 21
136136 provided by the DFC to the qualified corpora-22
137137 tion, 23
138138 whichever is the lesser. 24
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142142 (b) NONEGATIVEEFFECTS ONEMPLOYMENT IN 1
143143 THEUNITEDSTATES.—The DFC shall not provide assist-2
144144 ance under this section unless the Secretary of Commerce 3
145145 has determined that the provision of the assistance would 4
146146 not result in a negative effect on employment in the 5
147147 United States. 6
148148 (c) D
149149 ISPOSITION OFUNUSEDASSISTANCE.—A cor-7
150150 poration to which financing is made under this section 8
151151 shall remit to the DFC any portion of the assistance that 9
152152 is not expended within a period of time after the date the 10
153153 financing is made that is determined by the DFC on a 11
154154 case-by-case basis. 12
155155 (d) C
156156 ONDITIONS ON PROVISION OFLOANS.—The 13
157157 DFC— 14
158158 (1) may provide loans under this section to a 15
159159 corporation only if the loans are commercially viable, 16
160160 as determined by the DFC; and 17
161161 (2) shall determine an appropriate amount of 18
162162 time for repayment of loans under this section to a 19
163163 corporation. 20
164164 (e) P
165165 LAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date 21
166166 of the enactment of this Act, the DFC shall develop and 22
167167 submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 23
168168 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-24
169169 tions of the Senate a plan to streamline the provision of 25
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173173 assistance under this section, including to expedite the ap-1
174174 proval process for the provision of such assistance. 2
175175 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT 3
176176 FOR GOODS AND SERVICES OF COMPANIES 4
177177 MOVING FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 5
178178 CHINA TO LATIN AMERICA OR THE CARIB-6
179179 BEAN. 7
180180 (a) I
181181 NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-8
182182 sion of law, the President shall proclaim duty-free treat-9
183183 ment (or other preferential treatment) for any good or 10
184184 service made or produced in a Latin American or Carib-11
185185 bean country by a qualified corporation that has received 12
186186 assistance under section 3, subject to such terms and con-13
187187 ditions as the President determines to be appropriate. 14
188188 (b) R
189189 EGULATIONS.—The President shall prescribe 15
190190 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 16
191191 section. 17
192192 (c) E
193193 FFECTIVEPERIOD.— 18
194194 (1) I
195195 N GENERAL.—Subsection (a) shall apply 19
196196 with respect to a good or service made or produced 20
197197 in a Latin American or Caribbean country by a cor-21
198198 poration for the 15-year period beginning on the 22
199199 date on which the corporation begins operations in 23
200200 such country. 24
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204204 (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 1
205205 section may be construed to affect duty-free treat-2
206206 ment (or other preferential treatment) for any good 3
207207 or service made or produced in a Latin American or 4
208208 Caribbean country by a qualified corporation after 5
209209 the 15-year period described in paragraph (1) if 6
210210 goods and services from such country are otherwise 7
211211 generally eligible for duty-free treatment (or other 8
212212 preferential treatment). 9
213213 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ON RECEIPT OF ASSIST-10
214214 ANCE UNDER SECTION 3 AND DUTY-FREE 11
215215 TREATMENT (OR OTHER PREFERENTIAL 12
216216 TREATMENT) UNDER SECTION 4. 13
217217 (a) I
218218 NGENERAL.—The appropriate Federal agency 14
219219 may not provide assistance under section 3 or duty-free 15
220220 treatment (or other preferential treatment) under section 16
221221 4 to a corporation unless— 17
222222 (1) the agency determines that the corporation 18
223223 will create jobs in the Latin American or Caribbean 19
224224 country to which it moves operations in numbers de-20
225225 termined by the agency to be commensurate with the 21
226226 assistance provided; 22
227227 (2) the corporation makes a binding commit-23
228228 ment to the agency that on and after the date the 24
229229 assistance is provided— 25
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233233 (A) the corporation will not come under 1
234234 the ownership or control of the Government of 2
235235 the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese 3
236236 Communist Party, the Government of the Rus-4
237237 sian Federation, or any other foreign adversary; 5
238238 and 6
239239 (B) the corporation will not have its head-7
240240 quarters in the People’s Republic of China, the 8
241241 Russian Federation, or any other foreign adver-9
242242 sary; 10
243243 (3) within 2 years after the date described in 11
244244 paragraph (2), and subject to an additional exten-12
245245 sion as determined appropriate by the agency, all as-13
246246 sets of the corporation with respect to which the as-14
247247 sistance is provided will have been moved from the 15
248248 People’s Republic of China to a Latin American or 16
249249 Caribbean country; and 17
250250 (4) the corporation retains all assets of the cor-18
251251 poration with respect to which the assistance is pro-19
252252 vided in a Latin American or Caribbean country 20
253253 after the date described in paragraph (2) or the last 21
254254 day of the extension described in paragraph (3), as 22
255255 the case may be. 23
256256 (b) C
257257 OMPLIANCEDETERMINATIONS.— 24
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261261 (1) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate Federal 1
262262 agency, in coordination with the Department of 2
263263 State, shall make all determinations regarding com-3
264264 pliance with the provisions of subsection (a). 4
265265 (2) N
266266 ON-COMPLIANCE ACTIONS .—A qualified 5
267267 corporation that has received assistance under sec-6
268268 tion 3 or duty-free treatment (or other preferential 7
269269 treatment) under section 4 that is subsequently de-8
270270 termined by the appropriate Federal agency not to 9
271271 be in compliance with the provisions of subsection 10
272272 (a) shall be subject to the following actions: 11
273273 (A) Any good or service made or produced 12
274274 in a Latin American or Caribbean country by 13
275275 the corporation (other than a good or service 14
276276 made or produced in a free trade zone or which 15
277277 is subject to benefits under a free trade agree-16
278278 ment) shall not be eligible for duty-free treat-17
279279 ment (or other preferential treatment) under 18
280280 section 4. 19
281281 (B) The appropriate Federal agency shall 20
282282 adjust the interest rate on any loan to be pro-21
283283 vided by the agency to the corporation to the 22
284284 prevailing market interest rate. 23
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288288 (c) APPROPRIATEFEDERALAGENCYDEFINED.—In 1
289289 this section, the term ‘‘appropriate Federal agency’’ 2
290290 means— 3
291291 (1) with respect to actions relating to assistance 4
292292 under section 3, the DFC; and 5
293293 (2) with respect to actions relating to duty-free 6
294294 treatment (or other preferential treatment) under 7
295295 section 4, the United States Trade Representative. 8
296296 SEC. 6. EXPENSES PAID FOR WITH TARIFFS COLLECTED 9
297297 FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 10
298298 (a) E
299299 STABLISHMENT OF TRUSTFUND.—There is es-11
300300 tablished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 12
301301 consisting of such amounts as are appropriated to such 13
302302 trust fund under subsection (b). 14
303303 (b) A
304304 PPROPRIATIONS TO TRUSTFUND.—There are 15
305305 hereby appropriated to such trust fund amounts equiva-16
306306 lent to the tariffs collected by the United States on goods 17
307307 manufactured in the People’s Republic of China. 18
308308 (c) A
309309 PPROPRIATIONSFROMTRUSTFUND.—There 19
310310 are hereby appropriated from such trust fund to the Gen-20
311311 eral Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the re-21
312312 duction in revenue to such General Fund by reason of as-22
313313 sistance provided by the DFC under this Act. 23
314314 (d) T
315315 IMING OFTRANSFERS, ETC.—Rules similar to 24
316316 the rules of section 9601 of the Internal Revenue Code 25
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320320 of 1986 shall apply with respect to appropriations to and 1
321321 from such trust fund under subsections (b) and (c). 2
322322 SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE BUILD ACT OF 2018. 3
323323 (a) S
324324 TATEMENT OF POLICY.—Section 1411 of the 4
325325 Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development 5
326326 Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9611) is amended— 6
327327 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 7
328328 end; 8
329329 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 9
330330 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 10
331331 (3) by adding at the end the following: 11
332332 ‘‘(9) to further United States economic growth 12
333333 by prioritizing United States-owned businesses in 13
334334 providing support under title II; and 14
335335 ‘‘(10) to further United States national security 15
336336 by prioritizing the production of goods in critical in-16
337337 dustries, as determined by the Corporation, in con-17
338338 sultation with the Department of Homeland Secu-18
339339 rity.’’. 19
340340 (b) P
341341 ROHIBITION ONSUPPORT FORSTATE-OWNED 20
342342 E
343343 NTERPRISES.— 21
344344 (1) I
345345 N GENERAL.—Title V of the Better Utili-22
346346 zation of Investments Leading to Development Act 23
347347 of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9671 et seq.) is amended by 24
348348 adding at the end the following: 25
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352352 ‘‘SEC. 1455. PROHIBITION ON SUPPORT FOR ENTITIES 1
353353 OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY FOREIGN GOV-2
354354 ERNMENTS. 3
355355 ‘‘(a) I
356356 NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 4
357357 (b), the Corporation is prohibited from providing support 5
358358 under title II for an entity owned or controlled by a for-6
359359 eign government. 7
360360 ‘‘(b) E
361361 XCEPTION.— 8
362362 ‘‘(1) I
363363 N GENERAL.—The Corporation may pro-9
364364 vide feasibility studies and technical assistance 10
365365 under title II for an entity owned or controlled by 11
366366 a foreign government that is not a foreign adversary. 12
367367 ‘‘(2) F
368368 OREIGN ADVERSARY DEFINED .—In this 13
369369 subsection, the term ‘foreign adversary’ means a for-14
370370 eign government engaged in a long-term pattern or 15
371371 serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to 16
372372 the national security of the United States or security 17
373373 and safety of United States persons.’’. 18
374374 (2) C
375375 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-19
376376 tents for the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 20
377377 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by inserting after 21
378378 the item relating to section 1454 the following: 22
379379 ‘‘Sec. 1455. Prohibition on support for entities owned or controlled by foreign
380380 governments.’’.
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384384 SEC. 8. TRADE NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY. 1
385385 (a) I
386386 NGENERAL.—The United States Trade Rep-2
387387 resentative shall take action to initiate negotiations to ob-3
388388 tain trade agreements with each Latin American or Carib-4
389389 bean country that as of the date of the enactment of this 5
390390 Act is not a party to a free trade agreement with the 6
391391 United States if the country meets the conditions de-7
392392 scribed in subsection (b). 8
393393 (b) C
394394 ONDITIONSDESCRIBED.—The conditions de-9
395395 scribed in this subsection are the following: 10
396396 (1) The country is taking steps to reduce mi-11
397397 gration in violation of the Immigration and Nation-12
398398 ality Act. 13
399399 (2) The country is taking steps to reduce eco-14
400400 nomic dependence on the People’s Republic of 15
401401 China. 16
402402 (3) The country allows Taiwan to establish and 17
403403 maintain a commercial office in the country. 18
404404 SEC. 9. AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATION PURSUANT TO 19
405405 SECTION 123 OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT 20
406406 OF 1954. 21
407407 (a) I
408408 NGENERAL.—The President is authorized to 22
409409 take action to initiate negotiations with Latin American 23
410410 and Caribbean countries to obtain agreements for coopera-24
411411 tion pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act 25
412412 of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) to approve the sales of nuclear 26
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416416 reactors to such countries, or to qualified corporations 1
417417 that receive assistance under this Act, but only if— 2
418418 (1) the President determines that such sales 3
419419 will not threaten the national security of the United 4
420420 States; and 5
421421 (2) the countries or qualified corporations, as 6
422422 the case may be, meet the conditions described in 7
423423 paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 8(b). 8
424424 (b) T
425425 ECHNICALASSISTANCE ANDEXPERTISE.—The 9
426426 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-10
427427 national Development, in consultation with the Secretary 11
428428 of Energy and the DFC, may provide technical assistance 12
429429 and expertise in electrical grid and energy efficiency im-13
430430 provements related to sales under subsection (a), as appro-14
431431 priate. 15
432432 SEC. 10. TEMPORARY INCREASED EXPENSING FOR RELO-16
433433 CATING MANUFACTURING FROM THE PEO-17
434434 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO A LATIN 18
435435 AMERICAN OR CARIBBEAN COUNTRY. 19
436436 (a) I
437437 NGENERAL.—For purposes of section 168(k) of 20
438438 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of any 21
439439 qualified relocated manufacturing property which is placed 22
440440 in service by a qualified manufacturer after the date of 23
441441 the enactment of this Act, and before January 1, 2038— 24
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445445 (1) such property shall be treated as qualified 1
446446 property (within the meaning of such section), 2
447447 (2) the applicable percentage otherwise deter-3
448448 mined under paragraph (6) of such section with re-4
449449 spect to such property shall be 75 percent, and 5
450450 (3) paragraphs (8) and (10) of such section 6
451451 shall not apply. 7
452452 (b) Q
453453 UALIFIEDRELOCATEDMANUFACTURINGPROP-8
454454 ERTY.—For purposes of this section— 9
455455 (1) I
456456 N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified relo-10
457457 cated manufacturing property’’ means qualified 11
458458 property (within the meaning of section 168(k) of 12
459459 such Code) or nonresidential real property (as de-13
460460 fined in section 168(e)(2)(B) of such Code) which 14
461461 is— 15
462462 (A) placed in service in a Latin American 16
463463 or Caribbean country by a qualified manufac-17
464464 turer, and 18
465465 (B) is acquired by such qualified manufac-19
466466 turer in connection with a qualified relocation 20
467467 of manufacturing. 21
468468 (2) Q
469469 UALIFIED RELOCATION OF MANUFAC -22
470470 TURING.— 23
471471 (A) I
472472 N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified re-24
473473 location of manufacturing’’ means, with respect 25
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477477 to any qualified manufacturer, the relocation of 1
478478 the manufacturing of any tangible personal 2
479479 property from the People’s Republic of China to 3
480480 a Latin American or Caribbean country. 4
481481 (B) R
482482 ELOCATION OF PROPERTY NOT RE -5
483483 QUIRED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 6
484484 manufacturing shall not fail to be treated as re-7
485485 located merely because property used in such 8
486486 manufacturing was not relocated. 9
487487 (C) R
488488 ELOCATION OF NOT LESS THAN 10
489489 EQUIVALENT PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY RE -11
490490 QUIRED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 12
491491 manufacturing shall not be treated as relocated 13
492492 unless the property manufactured in a Latin 14
493493 American or Caribbean country is substantially 15
494494 identical to the property previously manufac-16
495495 tured in the People’s Republic of China and the 17
496496 increase in the units of production of such 18
497497 property in a Latin American or Caribbean 19
498498 country by the qualified manufacturer is not 20
499499 less than the reduction in the units of produc-21
500500 tion of such property by such qualified manu-22
501501 facturer in the People’s Republic of China. 23
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505505 (c) QUALIFIEDMANUFACTURER.—For purposes of 1
506506 this section, the term ‘‘qualified manufacturer’’ means any 2
507507 person— 3
508508 (1) which is engaged in the trade or business of 4
509509 manufacturing any tangible personal property, 5
510510 (2) with respect to which the Secretary of the 6
511511 Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) has made the 7
512512 determination described in section 5(a)(1), and 8
513513 (3) which has entered into a binding agreement 9
514514 with such Secretary (or such delegate) to meet the 10
515515 requirements of section 5(a)(2) which is enforceable 11
516516 under terms similar to the terms of section 5(b). 12
517517 SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 13
518518 In this Act: 14
519519 (1) DFC.—The term ‘‘DFC’’ means the United 15
520520 States International Development Finance Corpora-16
521521 tion. 17
522522 (2) Q
523523 UALIFIED CORPORATION .—The term 18
524524 ‘‘qualified corporation’’ does not include a State- 19
525525 owned enterprise. 20
526526 (3) Q
527527 UALIFIED MOVING COSTS DEFINED .—The 21
528528 term ‘‘qualified moving costs’’ means— 22
529529 (A) the costs of moving inventory, equip-23
530530 ment, and supplies from the People’s Republic 24
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534534 of China to a Latin American or Caribbean 1
535535 country; and 2
536536 (B) the costs of workforce development 3
537537 and construction of facilities. 4
538538 (4) L
539539 ATIN AMERICAN OR CARIBBEAN COUNTRY ; 5
540540 WESTERN HEMISPHERE .— 6
541541 (A) I
542542 N GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘Latin 7
543543 American or Caribbean country’’ and ‘‘Western 8
544544 Hemisphere’’— 9
545545 (i) mean a country in the Caribbean 10
546546 Sea, South America, or Central America, 11
547547 and Mexico; and 12
548548 (ii) except as provided in subpara-13
549549 graph (B), do not include Cuba or Ven-14
550550 ezuela. 15
551551 (B) E
552552 XCEPTION.—The term ‘‘Latin Amer-16
553553 ican or Caribbean country’’ shall include Cuba 17
554554 or Venezuela if the Secretary of State deter-18
555555 mines and certifies to Congress that— 19
556556 (i) the government of such country— 20
557557 (I) has held free and fair presi-21
558558 dential and legislative elections, as de-22
559559 termined by independent international 23
560560 observers, and subsequent elections 24
561561 are scheduled; 25
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565565 (II) respects and upholds human 1
566566 rights; 2
567567 (III) is taking significant steps to 3
568568 privatize its economy and institute a 4
569569 free market; 5
570570 (IV) permits the international 6
571571 community to provide humanitarian, 7
572572 governance, and economic develop-8
573573 ment assistance; 9
574574 (V) has freed all unlawfully de-10
575575 tained United States citizens, legal 11
576576 permanent residents, and political 12
577577 prisoners; and 13
578578 (VI) has expelled all security 14
579579 services from foreign adversaries from 15
580580 the country; and 16
581581 (ii) the prior authorities of such coun-17
582582 try have renounced their illegitimate claim 18
583583 to power. 19
584584 (5) F
585585 EDERAL FUNDS RATE .—The term ‘‘Fed-20
586586 eral funds rate’’ means the discount window primary 21
587587 credit interest rate most recently published on the 22
588588 Federal Reserve Statistical Release on selected inter-23
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592592 est rates (daily or weekly), commonly referred to as 1
593593 the H.15 release. 2
594594 Æ
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